Sandford Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.48° N 1.79° W

Sandford Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sandford Bay sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.6° 

Sandford Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Sandford Bay today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandford Bay at 8PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

Table - waves today at Sandford Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
NW
7
1.1
NW
7
0.9
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.6
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.4
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
8
1.3
S
5
1.5
S
6
1.4
S
6
1.6
S
6
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
1.4
SSE
6
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
128
106
66
41
29
27
24
35
87
139
123
175
28
30
30
30
24
23
140
13
13
Wind (km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
5
WNW
10
SE
20
S
30
SSE
40
S
40
S
35
S
40
S
40
SSW
30
SSW
15
NW
10
WSW
20
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:15AM2.66m
7:53PM2.54m
8:58AM2.59m
9:29PM2.60m
10:32AM2.71m
Low Tide
1:33PM1.13m
2:18AM1.03m
3:11PM1.19m
3:56AM0.88m
4:34PM1.06m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:16
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:54
7:52
7:49
 mm
4
4
Temp °C
13
15
16
15
15
14
14
12
12
14
14
15
16
16
15
15
14
14
16
14
12
Feels °C
5
7
10
12
13
11
9
6
4
7
8
8
9
12
13
13
10
8
8
7
4
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